ADAM McOMBER

New City Chicago Review

amcomber — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:49:29 +0000

Here is a recent review of The White Forest from New City Chicago: http://lit.newcity.com/2013/01/23/fiction-review-the-white-forest-by-adam-mcomber/

Chicago Sun Times on The White Forest

amcomber — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:35:07 +0000

A great piece here from the Chicago Sun Times about The White Forest: http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/books/14915294-421/chicago-lit-adam-mcomber.html

Goodreads WHITE FOREST Book Giveaway

amcomber — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:07:39 +0000

Enter to win a copy of THE WHITE FOREST now at Goodreads. You know you want one!

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/31727-the-white-forest

Kirkus/Book Smugglers Names The White Forest on Top 10 SFF List

amcomber — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:37:44 +0000

Book Smugglers at Kirkus Reviews has named The White Forest as one of their Top Ten Most Highly Anticipated Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels of Fall 2012. The full list is here:

http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/science-fiction-and-fantasy/book-smugglers-top-10-most-highly-anticipated-sff-/

Independent Booksellers Name The White Forest to the Prestigious Indie Next List

amcomber — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:17:49 +0000

Here is a complete listing of the American Booksellers Association’s Indie Next List for September. http://news.bookweb.org/news/september-2012-indie-next-list-preview

Introduction to my work from James Oliver

amcomber — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 05:06:13 +0000

Here is a great introduction to my work from James Oliver on his blog Dazed Rambling: http://t.co/Qnc0pqtX

Goodreads Contest for THE WHITE FOREST Giveaway

amcomber — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:47:22 +0000

Here’s a chance to win a free copy of my novel THE WHITE FOREST. Sign up today! http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/30359-the-white-forest

Historical Novel Society Review

amcomber — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:20:26 +0000

Check out this new review of THE WHITE FOREST from The Historical Novel Society: http://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-white-forest/

Booklist Review for The White Forest

amcomber — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:34:39 +0000

Here is the Library Booklist Review for The White Forest. Exciting!

McOmber’s arresting short stories in This New & Poisonous Air (2011) juxtapose fantasy, artifice, and brute reality. In his clever and beguiling pastiche of a first novel, McOmber further explores the nexus between the natural and the artificial, the intangible and the concrete in coal-fouled Victorian London, where poverty and spiritual hunger make possible the dark dominion of Ariston Day, a mystic and magnet for alienated young men. Drawn into Day’s baneful cult, wealthy heartthrob and Crimean War veteran Nathan has disappeared, alarming two rivals for his affections. Smart and unconventional Madeline is in exile, thanks to her artist father’s “unsavory daguerreotypes,” in Hampstead Heath, the spooky home of motherless recluse Jane, our unflappable narrator, who possesses otherworldly powers Day and Nathan covet. Jane can discern the souls of man-made objects and enter the White Forest, a terrifying parallel realm. Commandingly erudite and imaginative, McOmber meshes myth, the occult, and nineteenth-century technological advances in an uncanny and captivating gothic tale that aligns ancient mysteries with the startling revelations of newly harnessed electricity, and rigid social and sexual mores with epic yearning. —Donna Seaman

Daniel Wallace Endorsement

amcomber — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:09:01 +0000

A new endorsement here from Daniel Wallace, author of BIG FISH: “THE WHITE FOREST reminds me of what I love about H.P. Lovecraft: Adam McOmber’s imagery is so visceral and strangely real, and his story so inventive: a plain old narrative is hard enough to pull off on its own, but creating a whole new world within the reality of Victorian England? Wow.”